Am I the only one that can't stand having people know when I've read their messages? It seems like every major chat platform (except for iMessage) has read receipts enabled without any option to disable them. Why has this become so popular?
It settles the age old question of "Hey, did you get my message?". Many people like this functionality.
I prefer to be able to read and reply later if I want to without feeling guilty that it'll look like I just couldn't be bothered. I mean, it's true, I couldn't be bothered, I just don't want to broadcast that fact :p
Having said that I really like it and am encouraging my group to switch to test it out.
I wonder how effective that will be: "The Inertia ... the inertia" (said in full-on Marlon Brando Apocalypse Now voice)